Wilderlands Deposit Scarcity

<h1 data-start="117" data-end="147"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Wilderlands Deposit Scarcity</span></h1> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A utility module within the Wilderlands ecosystem.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>**Notice: </strong>This mod will no longer be updated/maintained. The features contained in this mod have been moved to a new project: &nbsp;<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"><strong><a href="https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/54047">Wilderlands Geology </a></strong></span></span></p> <p data-start="149" data-end="160">&nbsp;</p> <p data-start="149" data-end="160"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Simply put:</span></p> <p data-start="162" data-end="232"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">There is far too much ore available in the default world for my taste.</span></p> <p data-start="234" data-end="267"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This mod does something about it.</span></p> <p data-start="269" data-end="482"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Developed for <span class="hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline"><span class="whitespace-normal">Vintage Story</span></span>, Wilderlands Deposit Scarcity dramatically reduces ore abundance and reshapes deposit distribution to make mining more meaningful and exploration more necessary.</span></p> <hr data-start="484" data-end="487"> <h2 data-start="489" data-end="509"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Design Philosophy</span></h2> <p data-start="511" data-end="531"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The goal is to make:</span></p> <ul data-start="533" data-end="688"> <li data-start="533" data-end="556"> <p data-start="535" data-end="556"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Trade more valuable</span></p> </li> <li data-start="557" data-end="587"> <p data-start="559" data-end="587"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Exploration more important</span></p> </li> <li data-start="588" data-end="622"> <p data-start="590" data-end="622"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ruin scavenging more impactful</span></p> </li> <li data-start="623" data-end="650"> <p data-start="625" data-end="650"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Panning more worthwhile</span></p> </li> <li data-start="651" data-end="688"> <p data-start="653" data-end="688"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mining operations more deliberate</span></p> </li> </ul> <p data-start="690" data-end="774"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Especially early on, players should not be able to rely on abundant nearby deposits.</span></p> <p data-start="776" data-end="822"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Large iron deposits in particular may require:</span></p> <ul data-start="824" data-end="932"> <li data-start="824" data-end="859"> <p data-start="826" data-end="859"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Traveling significant distances</span></p> </li> <li data-start="860" data-end="896"> <p data-start="862" data-end="896"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Establishing remote mining sites</span></p> </li> <li data-start="897" data-end="932"> <p data-start="899" data-end="932"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Coordinated transport logistics</span></p> </li> </ul> <p data-start="934" data-end="1005"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">On multiplayer servers, this encourages infrastructure and cooperation.</span></p> <hr data-start="1007" data-end="1010"> <h2 data-start="1012" data-end="1039"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">World Generation Changes</span></h2> <p data-start="1041" data-end="1137"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Wilderlands Deposit Scarcity modifies deposit spawn rates and size variability across the board.</span></p> <h3 data-start="1139" data-end="1159"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Core Adjustments</span></h3> <ul data-start="1161" data-end="1550"> <li data-start="1161" data-end="1258"> <p data-start="1163" data-end="1258"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">All ore and coal deposit spawn chances reduced to <strong data-start="1213" data-end="1236">¼ of default values</strong> (less for some types)</span></p> </li> <li data-start="1259" data-end="1321"> <p data-start="1261" data-end="1321"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Iron deposit spawn chances reduced significantly more than ¼</span></p> </li> <li data-start="1322" data-end="1357"> <p data-start="1324" data-end="1357"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Greater variance in deposit sizes</span></p> </li> <li data-start="1358" data-end="1444"> <p data-start="1360" data-end="1444"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Some smaller iron deposits can generate closer to the surface in certain rock strata</span></p> </li> <li data-start="1445" data-end="1503"> <p data-start="1447" data-end="1503"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvet